Abstract
The contribution that distinguishing among motor speech disorders (MSDs) can make to the localization and diagnosis of neurological disease is frequently ignored by medicine and, at the least, underappreciated by speech-language pathology. This is of no small consequence because speech abnormalities can be the presenting or most prominent sign of neurologic disease. This chapter addresses the relationship between the differential diagnosis of acquired MSDs and the localization and diagnosis of neurologic disease. It highlights the clinical reality of the relationship through five case studies and a summary of the specific lessons they provide that illustrate the sometimes crucial importance of recognizing the meaning of speech signs in clinical diagnostic settings. The chapter reviews foundations on which such clinical contributions have been built, and a few examples of recent studies of dysarthria or apraxia of speech associated with neurodegenerative disorders (paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration, tauopathies) that are helping to refine those abilities. Finally, it offers some thoughts about how future clinical practice and training, and clinical and more basic research, can improve the contributions that MSD diagnosis can make to medical diagnostic efforts in clinical practice.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Speech Motor Control |
Subtitle of host publication | New Developments in Basic and Applied Research |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191696671 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780199235797 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 22 2012 |
Keywords
- Clinical practice
- Diagnosis
- Motor speech disorders
- Neurodegenerative disorders
- Neurologic disease
- Speech abnormalities
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Neuroscience